Despite vocal cries for austerity and belt-tightening on Capitol Hill, Congress and the White House, budget officials have quietly continued to pay for the development of a multi-billion-dollar military jet engine the Pentagon says it doesn’t need and the defense secretary himself called a wasteful boondoggle.
"The Secretary of Defense [and] the President have made the point that this is not something we need," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said today. "I think that whenever the military tells you something that — the military is spending money on something the military doesn’t need, especially in these times, it’s important we pay heed to that." (Read more)
